Pace Analytical Services, LLC

Pace Analytical Services, LLC, doing business as Pace Industries Inc., is a for-profit environmental testing laboratory based in Roseville, Minnesota that delivers water quality testing, radiochemistry analysis, soil and groundwater sampling, and compliance laboratory services to federal agencies as a prime contractor (75% of recent awards) and subcontractor on environmental remediation programs. The company competes full and open with no socioeconomic set-asides across its prime footprint.

Pace Analytical's capability portfolio centers on environmental laboratory analysis and sample testing. Recent prime work includes a $2.7 million single-award indefinite-delivery radiochemistry analytical testing contract with the U.S. Geological Survey (awarded April 1, 2026, through September 30, 2031) for comprehensive radiochemical analysis of environmental samples using alpha spectrometry, gamma spectrometry, and liquid scintillation techniques; a $875,000 single-award IDIQ with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Huntington District (awarded February 11, 2026, through September 30, 2030) for water quality sample testing including courier and laboratory services; and a $5 million blanket purchase agreement with the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 (awarded October 16, 2023, through October 15, 2028) for organic laboratory analysis services. Representative smaller task orders include a $86,390 firm fixed-price call from the Consumer Product Safety Commission (August 4, 2026) for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) analysis on textile materials, a $130,804 order from the Department of Transportation (October 17, 2025) for sediment analysis supporting EPA brownfield assessments, and a $106,050 purchase order from the Department of the Interior Region 2 (August 20, 2025) for monthly water sampling of public drinking water sources. The company also holds two subsidiaries: Environmental Science LLC and Pace Analytical Life Sciences LLC.

Pace Analytical's federal customer base shows concentration in environmental and water-quality-focused agencies. The top five funding agencies by award count account for 27% of recent awards, led by the Army Corps of Engineers' Savannah District (26 awards, $730,000 combined potential value), Huntington District (25 awards, $2.8 million), and New England District (20 awards, $787,000), followed by the Bureau of Reclamation (17 awards, $963,000) and the Navy (15 awards). However, the Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Land and Emergency Management dominates by potential value—13 awards totaling $42.9 million combined potential value—reflecting Pace Analytical's role as a subcontractor on large EPA environmental remediation and PFAS investigation projects. The EPA-to-Corps-to-Reclamation split illustrates the vendor's strength in cleanup and monitoring work routed through prime environmental consulting firms rather than direct federal prime awards.

Pace Analytical places work under multiple standing vehicles. The top parent vehicles include an Indefinite Delivery Contract (W9123715D0021) with 25 task orders ($469,000 combined potential value), a Blanket Purchase Agreement (W912HN20A1000) with 25 task orders ($280,000), and a Bureau of Reclamation BPA (140R2022A0003) with 11 task orders ($150,000). The vendor also holds single-award vehicles totaling over $17 million in aggregate authority across the Army Corps of Engineers, Fish and Wildlife Service, and USGS, enabling rapid task-order issuance without full and open competition.

Activity has remained relatively steady—34 awards in 2022, declining to 30 in 2023, rising to 42 in 2024 and 44 in 2025, with 33 awards through early October 2026. Ten awards with combined potential value of $582,000 complete in the next twenty-four months, representing moderate recompete exposure centered on Army Corps and Bureau of Reclamation vehicles.

In its subcontractor role, Pace Analytical delivers laboratory analysis and sample testing to large environmental engineering and consulting primes. Named sub-award relationships include work under General Dynamics Information Technology (Superfund Analytical Services Branch), Weston Solutions (START V environmental response), EA Engineering (Phase I and Phase II remedial investigations for PFAS), Amentum Technology (shallow land disposal area analytical services), AECOM Technical Services (Army National Guard PFAS remediation investigations and naval facilities monitoring), Jacobs Engineering (long-term monitoring at Lockbourne Landfill), and Leidos (BRAC PFAS remediation investigations). The majority of sub work centers on PFAS investigation and environmental site assessment support—tasks that feed through tier-one remediation contractors rather than flowing directly from federal agencies.

SCI-reported invoiced revenue from service contracts above the $150,000 threshold totaled $689,000 across FY2023–FY2024 (no reportable activity in FY2022 or FY2025 under the SCI definition). The dataset shows roughly 4.8 FTEs delivered to the federal government in FY2023 and 4.0 FTEs in FY2024 on prime service contracts; activity dropped to 0.5 FTEs in FY2025, reflecting Pace Analytical's heavier reliance on sub-award work and task orders below the SCI reporting threshold. Government-paid hourly rates on SCI-reportable prime contracts ran median around $38.19/hr, spanning $36.43/hr at the tenth percentile through $39.94/hr at the ninety-eighth percentile—a narrow band indicating consistent labor pricing for analytical technician and support roles. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, subs accounted for 0% of total contractor hours, indicating Pace Analytical performs most analytical work in-house rather than layering subcontract capacity.

Pace Analytical's federal footprint is concentrated in water quality, soil and groundwater testing, and environmental compliance analysis—work predominantly classified under NAICS 541380 (Testing Laboratories and Services), which comprises 262 of 379 total recent awards. The vendor competes full and open across its prime portfolio with no set-aside activity, positioning it as a specialist laboratory service provider rather than a small-business reserved contractor. The company's growth trajectory mirrors federal environmental remediation and water quality compliance activity, with sustained customer relationships across the Army Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Reclamation, Fish and Wildlife Service, EPA, and Department of the Interior.